Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:45:45 GMTAfricaThousands stranded as France's cash-strapped Aigle Azur cancels flightshttp://en.rfi.fr/france/20190906-aigle-azur-cash-strapped-french-airliner-cancels-flights-thousands-stranded-algeria
France’s second-largest airline Aigle Azur, which filed for bankruptcy this week, has cancelled all flights starting Friday night as it seeks a takeover bid.
9390e8f8-d14c-11e9-8612-005056a959c0Sat, 07 Sep 2019 08:50:41 GMTSTRINGER / AFPRFIFranceInquiries into ex-minister de Rugy's expenses say no wrongdoinghttp://en.rfi.fr/france/20190723-inquiry-former-ministers-lavish-expenses-says-no-wrongdoing-lobster-champagne
Two official investigations into alleged abuse of public funds by former ecology minister François de Rugy have cleared him of misconduct over renovations to his official residence and lavish dinners when he was president of the National Assembly.
fdd858b2-ad5d-11e9-b6fb-005056a99977Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:24:40 GMTReutersRFIFranceNotre Dame: Majority of millions pledged yet to materialisehttp://en.rfi.fr/france/20190614-donations-rebuild-notre-dame-cathedral-slow-trickle
Hundreds of millions of euros were pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral after it was gutted by fire in April. Yet two months on, only a fraction of that amount has been received, French media reported Friday. The revelations come as the landmark church prepares to hold its first mass on Saturday.
c9a6c528-8ea5-11e9-8dd6-005056a9be68Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:10:30 GMTLionel BONAVENTURE / AFPRFIInternational reportThe power of money in India's general polls http://en.rfi.fr/20190411-report-india-elections-money-power-narendra-modi-elite
India's general elections is on-going until 19 May.
The sub-continent’s political parties display low “intra-party democracy” because policy decisions are routinely made by a small group of party elites.
More importantly, party tickets are typically distributed, or even sold, by these elites in the absence of a functioning democratic process within the party.
As a result, many candidates from the major political parties view contesting elections as an investment rather than a sunken cost.
They also tend to bankroll the parties in the campaign period.
In this second report from a two-part series on the power of money power in India’s elections, correspondent Murali Krishnan explains why a fundamental change in electoral laws is desperately needed.
61cf4f7c-5d38-11e9-8e77-005056bfa465Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:33:54 GMTREUTERS / Amit DaveMurali Krishnan in New DelhiEuropeNo joke as 'Cancel Brexit' petition set for debate on April Fool's Dayhttp://en.rfi.fr/europe/20190328-cancel-brexit-petition-be-vetted-april-fools-day-not-prank
As British lawmakers prepare to vote for a third time on Friday for Prime Minsiter Theresa May's deal for the UK to exit the European Union, they face a debate on Monday to reconsider Brexit altogether. A petition asking the government to revoke article 50 is to be debated on 1 April. The petition had gathered nearly 6 million signatures by Friday morning.
88905cec-51f2-11e9-af3f-005056bfc87bFri, 29 Mar 2019 07:16:10 GMTDylan Martinez/ReutersRFIAfricaColonial-era CFA currency under fire as finance ministers meethttp://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190328-finance-ministers-meet-amid-controversy-over-cfa-colonial-currency
French finance minister Bruno Lemaire met with his counterparts from the 14-strong CFA bloc in the Niger capital Niamey on Thursday to discuss the health of the CFA franc, amid growing calls for the currency to be scrapped. Critics say the CFA franc is a relic of colonialism, whilst France maintains that the mechanism guarantees stability.
b865364e-5176-11e9-9d25-005056a959c0Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:29:53 GMTRFI/Paulina ZidiChristina OkelloAfricaHow did $100m of Liberian banknotes disappear...and then reappear?http://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190301-liberia-how-did-100m-dollars-banknotes-disappear-reappear
A report made public on Thursday reveals that more than 100 million US dollars of Liberian banknotes that had reportedly gone missing are in fact accounted for. However, the independent report commissioned by the US embassy in Monrovia provides a damning assessment of procedures within the country’s central bank as well as action taken by the Liberian government.
48a37462-3c39-11e9-88b2-005056a99973Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:47:12 GMTPhoto: Issouf Sanogo/AFPDaniel FinnanAfricaUganda offers government bonds to mobile money usershttp://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190212-uganda-offers-government-bonds-mobile-money-users-investment-sovereign-debt
Ugandan authorities are set to open up the country’s market in government debt to users of mobile money. The cabinet’s decision on Monday hopes to encourage more saving and investment among Ugandans as well as broadening the scope of ways in which the government can raise money.
36fe1bfe-2ed3-11e9-9589-005056bfa465Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:33:49 GMTPhoto: Simon Maina/AFPDaniel FinnanInternational reportSurrogacy in Kenya: a growing trendhttp://en.rfi.fr/20190129-reportage-surrogacy-growing-trend-kenya-women-infertile-couples-cheap-money
Surrogacy is a growing trend amongst a certain section of Kenyan women.
The practice is intended to help infertile couples who are unable to conceive naturally.
According to the Nairobi In Vitro Fertilization Center, which offers the service, 20 couples commissioned other women to carry their pregnancy for them in 2010, the last year for which dependable statistics are available.
Statistics from the clinic show that 30 babies were born to surrogate mothers at about that time; a number that is believed to have risen since.
Some estimates suggest that hundreds of Kenyan women may now be carrying babies for other women.
Joseph Jira has this report.
d0a1e506-2497-11e9-87a9-005056a99973Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:03:26 GMTpixabayJoseph JiraAfricaCameroon separatists sell cryptocurrency as replacement for CFA franchttp://en.rfi.fr/africa/20190101-cameroon-separatists-sell-ambazonia-cryptocurrency-replacement-cfa-franc
Cameroonian separatists fighting for the independence of the self-declared state of Ambazonia have put their own cryptocurrency on sale to the general public. The AmbaCoin aims to provide humanitarian relief to those affected by the conflict in the Anglophone regions with the hope of raising up to 250 million US dollars.
79bebfc8-0dec-11e9-b192-005056bfa465Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:41:29 GMTPhoto: AmbaCoin/YouTubeDaniel Finnanmoney-RFIhttp://en.rfi.fr/money/rss
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